Examining The Mediating Effects On The Relationship Between Psychological Contract Breach And Work-related Attitudinal And Behavioral Outcome

Content: The present paper examined whether perceived organizationalsupport and leader-member exchange mediate the relationship between psychological contract breach and its outcomes by applying the structural equation modeling analysis. Using a sample of 398 employees from 32 firms, the result indicated that perceived organizational support and leader-member exchange mediate the relationship between psychological contract breach and its outcomes, but (1) perceived organizational support fully mediates the relationship between psychological contract breach and organizational identification; perceived organizational support partially mediates the relationship between psychological contract breach and intention to remain. (2) leader-member exchange fully mediates the relationship between psychological contract breach and organizational citizenship behavior. (3) Further, the result also indicated perceived organizational support fully mediates the relationship between leader-member exchange and work-related attitudes (intention to remain and organizational identification).